Genus Lensia

Totton, 1932

Small pyramidal anterior nectophores, generally ridged, the number and disposition of the ridges being variable. Small, divided mouth plate, with shallow hydroecium, rarely extending above ostial level. No ostial teeth. Posterior nectophore, when developed, truncated apically with a rounded mouth plate. Bracts helmet-shaped. Shape of phyllocyst generally resembling that of somatocyst of anterior nectophore. This is a catch-all genus, containing over thirty species that do not show the distinctive characters of the other genera. The species are here grouped according to whether they have 7 or less ridges (1 dorsal, 2 ventral and 0, 2 or 4 laterals), all running longitudinally, or they are multi-ridged.

Species with 7 or less ridges
Lensia achilles
Lensia campanella
Lensia conoidea
Lensia cossack
Lensia fowleri
Lensia hardy
Lensia havock
Lensia hotspur
Lensia hunter
Lensia leloupi
Lensia meteori
Lensia multicristata
Lensia subtilis
Lensia subtiloides

Species with more than 7 ridges
Lensia ajax
Lensia exeter
Lensia grimaldi
Lensia hostile
Lensia lelouveteau

Species with variable number of often incomplete ridges
Lensia zenkevitchi

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